CTBUH Leaders Meet at Annual Awards Event
1 Jun 2018, Chicago
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Event
Report
The first 2018 Leaders Meeting brought together CTBUH leaders from around the world to provide mid-year updates on the Council's major initiatives.

CTBUH Founder, Dr. Lynn Beedle, at 100
7 Dec 2017, Chicago
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CTBUH News
The founder of the CTBUH, Dr. Lynn Beedle, a professor and eventually director of the Fritz Engineering Laboratory at Lehigh University, would have been 100 years old on December 7.

Debating Tall: Replace the Thompson Center?
28 Apr 2017, Chicago
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CTBUH Journal Paper
In the CTBUH Journal 2017 Issue II, two experts debate on the fate of the James R. Thompson Center as the State of Illinois plans to sell the historic building.

Top 12 Happenings of 2016, Month-by-Month
19 Dec 2016, Chicago
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CTBUH News
Check out the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's top stories of 2016 for each month and take a look ahead with the Council’s monthly predictions for 2017.

150 North Riverside Holiday Tour
16 Dec 2016, Chicago
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Tour
Report
As an annual tradition, CTBUH HQ staff are given a tour of tall building during their holiday celebrations. This year, the staff visited 150 North Riverside by Goettsch Partners.

Trees in the Sky: Challenges of a Forest City
5 Oct 2016, Chicago
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Event
Sponsored by the Italian Trade Agency and held at AIA Chicago, hear architect Stefano Boeri explain the Bosco Verticale, announced as the 2015 Best Tall Building Worldwide by the CTBUH.

CTBUH Philadelphia: Living High from Bottom to Top
29 Jun 2016, Philadelphia
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Event
Report
The CTBUH Philadelphia Committee met at the Hayworth Showroom in Philadelphia to examine how developers and designers differentiate residential offering based on regional preferences.

Monroe Building Tour
18 Dec 2015, Chicago
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Tour
Report
As part of their annual holiday celebrations, the CTBUH staff was given a guided tour of the Monroe Building, an iconic turn-of-the-century high-rise along Michigan Avenue.

Chicago Regional Tour
29-30 Oct 2015, Chicago
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Tour
Report
CTBUH 2015 delegates toured Chicago and its architectural marvels. From recently constructed skyscrapers to the modern marvel of Willis Tower, which held the tallest title for 25 years.

EMI Lead Chicago Tall-Building Study Trip
25-29 May 2015, Chicago
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Tour
Report
A group of 20 Belgian real estate professionals traveled to Chicago from May 25-29 to visit several tall buildings, and related developments as part of a CTBUH Belgium study trip.

CTBUH Chicago Tour the Ability Institute of RIC
28 May 2015, Chicago
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Tour
Report
CTBUH Chicago hosted a tour of Gensler's Ability Institute of RIC which is currently under construction and set to become the sixth-tallest hospital in the world.

BCO Members Tour IIT Campus
22 May 2015, Chicago
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Tour
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As a supporting partner of this year’s British Council for Offices Conference, the CTBUH hosted more than 40 visitors from the BCO for an event on its home campus at IIT.

CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Dec 2014
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CTBUH Journal Paper
An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in building functions and structural materials.

CTBUH Staff Given Tour of Tribune Tower
19 Dec 2014, Chicago
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Tour
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Led by Blair Kamin, the architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune, the CTBUH Staff enjoyed a tour of the local Tribune Tower as part of its annual holiday party tradition.

Young Professional Group Annual Meeting
6 Nov 2014, Chicago
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Event
Report
The annual meeting of the Young Professionals’ Committee took place at the CTBUH Awards Symposium where the group reviewed previous activities and planned future activities.

2013 Awards Symposium
7 Nov 2013, Chicago
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Awards Event
Report
In its fourth year, the CTBUH’s free Awards Symposium was expanded to a full day event, bringing in presentations from four of the Finalist projects and the Innovation Winners.

CTBUH Visits Gerdau Ameristeel Facility
25 Jun 2013, Chicago
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Tour
Report
The CTBUH research team traveled to the Gerdau Ameristeel Facility to gain more information regarding the steel to be analyzed in the Life Cycle Assessment research project.

CTBUH Researchers Tour MBL Recycling Plant
24 Jun 2013, Chicago
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Tour
Report
The CTBUH research team made a visit to MBL Recycling to gather more information for the Life Cycle Assessment of Tall Building Structural Systems research project.

Trustees Meeting 2013, Chicago
4 Mar 2013, Chicago
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Event
Report
The board of trustees of the CTBUH held its annual meeting at IIT in Chicago on March 4. As a first order of business, the board welcomed three new trustees.

Chicago Board of Trade Tour Report
14 Dec 2012, Chicago
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Tour
Report
The Chicago Board of Trade opened its doors to CTBUH staff offering a glimpse behind the scenes at one of the Windy City’s most famous buildings.

2012 Awards Symposium
18 Oct 2012, Chicago
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Awards Event
Report
In its third year, the annual free Awards Symposium was held the day before the Annual Awards Dinner & Ceremony.

Helmut Jahn Discusses His Lifetime's Work
18 Oct 2012
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Awards Symposium Video
& PPT
Never predictable, never simplistic, Helmut Jahn has developed a complex portfolio of iconic buildings around the world. Standout projects include the Sony Center in Berlin, Xerox Center in Chicago…

Inside the Roosevelt
9 May 2012, Chicago
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Tour
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Four days after the official opening of Roosevelt University’s new tower, guests of the CTBUH’s Young Professionals Committee were treated to a tour of the newest addition to the Chicago skyline.

Trustees Meeting 2012 Report, Chicago
19 Mar 2012, Chicago
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Event
Report
After one of the most successful years in the 43-year history of the CTBUH, the Board of Trustees gathered to review recent initiatives and discuss the Council’s long-term strategies.

Aqua Tower Chosen as Featured Building
Dec 2011, Chicago
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Featured Tall Building
The signature cantilevered balconies are breathtaking and exemplary of where concrete technology can take tall building design today.

CTBUH Going Up!
6 Nov 2011, Chicago
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Event
For the third year, some of the sports challenged staff members and friends of CTBUH participated in the SkyRise Chicago stair climbing race.

The Norman Ramsey Collection
9 May 2011, Chicago
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Event
A fantastic collection of thousands of books, articles and postcards documenting decades of tall building history has been donated to the Council by Mr. Norman Ramsey.

CTBUH Releases Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
Dec 2010
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CTBUH Journal Paper
In a year dominated by news coverage of the new “World’s Tallest Building” – Burj Khalifa, Dubai – one may be surprised to learn that, besides being the year in which a building first surpassed the…

CTBUH 2010 Annual Leaders Meeting
22 Oct 2010, Chicago
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Event
Report
Following the CTBUH 9th Annual Awards Dinner & Ceremony, the CTBUH Leadership team met again bright and early on the campus of the IIT in Chicago for their annual Leaders Meeting.

2010 Awards Symposium
21 Oct 2010, Chicago
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Awards Event
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For the first time, the CTBUH organized an Awards Symposium for the winners preceding the annual Awards Dinner.

CTBUH Running Up Skyscrapers
27 Mar 2010, Chicago
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Event
Report
Jan Klerks and John Lindbloom participated in the annual Fight-For-Air Climb, involving all four skyscrapers of the Presidential Towers in Chicago, with a combined 2,340 steps.

2009 Chicago Conference Report
Feb 2010, Chicago
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CTBUH Publication
The Chicago Post Conference Review celebrates some of the best moments of the 2009 Chicago Conference. The report summarizes and profiles a number of the many memorable messages.

CTBUH Releases Tallest Buildings Completed in 2009
Dec 2009
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CTBUH Journal Paper
Trump International Hotel & Tower named tallest building completed in 2009; Successful year for the American high-rise. Over half of all buildings 200m or taller completed in the past twelve months…

Willis/Sears Tower Tour
29 Oct 2009, Chicago
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Tour
Report
Members of CTBUH staff had a unique opportunity to see the in and outs of the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in Chicago.

CTBUH Presents Plaque to Trump Tower
21 Oct 2009, Chicago
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Event
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CTBUH presented a plaque to The Trump Organization recognizing Trump Tower as the tallest all-concrete building in the world and the 7th tallest building in the world.

One Museum Park West Tour
21 Oct 2009, Chicago
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Tour
Report
Delegates from the CTBUH 2009 Chicago Conference started their conference experience with a technical tour of One Museum Park West; a new 54 story residential tower in Chicago.

Next CTBUH Chair visits CTBUH HQ
27-28 Aug 2009, Chicago
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Event
Report
Professor Sang Dae Kim of Korea University, due to take over as CTBUH Chair in October 2009, visited the CTBUH offices for a 2-day meeting.

CTBUH Board of Trustees Inaugural Meeting
21 Jan 2009, Chicago
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Event
Report
The new CTBUH Board of Trustees met at CTBUH Headquarters for their inaugural meeting. The seven people who currently make up the board were all present at the meeting.

Trump International Hotel & Tower Tour
29 Oct 2007, Chicago
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Tour
Lucas Tryggestad of SOM gave an tour of the Trump International Hotel & Tower as part of the design research studio held at the Illinois Institute of Technology by Antony Wood.

Chicago City Hall Tour
Aug 2007, Chicago
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Tour
As part of the IIT's studio project’s initial research and site study period a field visit was undertaken of the Chicago City Hall.

1996 Chicago Conference: Tall Building Structures - A World View
15-18 Apr 1996, Chicago
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Conference
The 1996 Conference on Tall Building Structures: A World View was held in Chicago, Illinois from April 15 -18.

1986 Chicago 3rd World Congress: Second Century of the Skyscraper
6-10 Jan 1986, Chicago
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Conference
The 1886 3rd World Congress was held in Chicago, Illinois on the "Second Century of the Skyscraper" from Jan. 6-10.

Office Tower in Chicago Adds Two Stories
25 Sep 2018
A new office tower, which will be the tallest office building in Chicago, is being extended from 53 stories tall to 55 stories. The tower will contain 130,064 square…

Several Chicago Skyscrapers Changing Hands
4 Jun 2014
In yet another sign of climbing office building values downtown, Hearn Co. is paying about $375 million for the 57-story Three First National Plaza in Chicago’s Loop and…

Investor Bails Out Chicago Spire Project
7 Feb 2014
Atlas Apartment Holdings plans to spend up to US$135 million to fully fund the reorganization of the Chicago Spire’s finances, which allows developer Shelbourne to resume…

Skyline Writer Honored
13 Dec 2013
Chris Gillott, the head electrician of the Blue Cross-Blue Shield building, died of a heart attack at age 57. He was the man responsible for setting up the building's…

Prentice Hospital Replacements Rolled Out
12 Nov 2013
The three final designs for the biomedical research facility to be built on the site of Prentice Women's Hospital Building have been unveiled. The finalists are Perkins…

Timber Tower Gets Times Treatment
24 Sep 2013
In June, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill released its Timber Tower Research Project, a study of the possibilities of tall wood construction. In a recent story, The New York…

Adrian Smith for Design Intelligence
20 Sep 2013
Adrian Smith writes for Design Intelligence in a recent piece, "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Building Tall," addressing the burning questions about the future of…

McCormick Place Marriott Hotly Contested
17 Sep 2013
Chicago's Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority has awarded Marriott the operating contract of its hotel project, to be built near McCormick Place. The planned 50-…

Chicagoans Covet Condos
13 Aug 2013
Developers in Chicago are reporting a major increase in condominium sales, and developer CMK Cos. may soon launch the first new tall building condominium project in the…

Beacon Buys West Loop Tower
7 Aug 2013
Beacon Capital has agreed to pay $113 million for a 35-story tower at 300 S. Wacker Drive in Chicago's West Loop, a deal which would bring the Boston-based company back…

U of C to Construct Three Student Towers
6 Aug 2013
A recent announcement revealed that the newest addition to the University of Chicago campus will be a residence hall tower and dining common designed by Studio Gang…

Revisiting a Chicago Icon
18 Dec 2012
Ongoing renovations at Chicago’s Wrigley Building have exposed some of the towers' original bricks and other parts of the building's bones. The work inspired Stephan…

New South Wales at 10 Million: What Comes Next?
30 Oct 2017 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference;
Douglas Voigt, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Population projections show that New South Wales (NSW) will grow to nearly 10 million people by 2036, adding 2.7 million residents. Sydney, the economic center of the…

Interview: Robert Foster
30 Oct 2017 –
2017 Australia Conference Interviews;
Robert Foster, The University of Queensland
Robert Foster of The University of Queensland is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.

Urban Open Space - A Tower in the Park and a Park in the Tower
26 Oct 2015 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2015 New York Conference;
James Goettsch, Goettsch Partners
In urban centers dominated by tall buildings, access to outdoor space is important. We will explain how two urban office building developments provide valuable outdoor…

From London to Chicago: The Willis Group and Tall Buildings
11 Jun 2013 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2013 London Conference;
Carmine Bilardello, Willis Group
From the 1970’s seminal Willis Faber Dumas Ipswich building, through 51 Lime Street London (winner of the CTBUH 2008 Best Tall Building Europe award), to the Willis (ex-…

Interview: How Buildings Meet the Ground
20 Sep 2012 –
2012 Shanghai Congress Interviews;
James Goettsch, Goettsch Partners
James Goettsch of Goettsch Partners is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2012 CTBUH Shanghai Congress at the Jin Mao, Shanghai. James discusses the history of the…

Chicago: A City Re-Invents Itself
22 Oct 2009 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2009 Chicago Conference;
William Testa, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Tall Buildings have enjoyed an unprecedented renaissance internationally in the past decade or two that has seen their number and height increase across much of the globe…

Chicago Spire: Technical Twisting and Turning
22 Oct 2009 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2009 Chicago Conference;
Richard Tomasetti, Thornton Tomasetti
For the best part of a decade, Asia eclipsed the U.S. as the leader in the world’s tallest buildings. In the mid-2000s, however, a number of U.S. cities once again…

Founder and First Chairman 'Lynn Beedle'
2 Nov 2008 –
CTBUH Leader Presentations & Meetings;
CTBUH 2008 Leader Presentation Video
Biography about Lynn Beedle and the Council on Tall Buildings, narrated by his son David and shown during the first annual awards dinner. For his 30 years of dedicated…

Chicago: Building a Green City
3 Mar 2008 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai;
Sadhu Johnston, City of Chicago
Sadhu Johnston from the office of Mayor Richard Daley, City of Chicago, highlighted the city's tradition of innovation in architecture from balloon-frame houses to steel…

Papers Related to Chicago

Developments of Structural Systems Toward Mile-High Towers
1 Sep 2018 –
International Journal of High-rise Buildings Volume 7 Number 3; Kyoung Sun Moon, Yale University School of Architecture
Tall buildings which began from about 40 m tall office towers in the late 19th century have evolved into mixed-use megatall towers over 800 m. It is expected that even…

A Tall Building Ethos of Integration
Mar 2018 –
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 7 Number 1; Brian Lee, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
The last decade has seen great design opportunities for tall building construction around the globe. The best designs represent
a new generation of skyscrapers that go…

Designing the High-Rise Building from the Inside/Out
Mar 2018 –
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 7 Number 1; Timothy Johnson & Jonathan Ward, NBBJ
For over 100 years, the tall building has largely advanced in technological innovation; however very little has been done in
the terms of understanding the changing…

The Global Tall Building Picture: Impact of 2017
5 Feb 2018 –
CTBUH Journal, 2018 Issue I
In 2017, 144 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed. This is the fourth record-breaking year in a row, and it brings the total number of 200-meter-plus…

The Global Tall Building Picture: Impact of 2017
Feb 2018 –
CTBUH Journal, 2018 Issue I; CTBUH Staff, CTBUH
In 2017, 144 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed. This is the fourth record-breaking year in a row, and it brings the total number of 200-meter-plus…

Why Healthy Workplaces Matter
Dec 2017 –
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 6 Number 4; Robert S. Best, JLL
Employers are realizing that workplaces have an immense impact on productivity. And, because people typically represent about 90% of a company’s costs, even a slight…

The Ultra-Modern FKI Tower
Dec 2017 –
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 6 Number 4; John Peronto, Thornton Tomasetti
A modern and highly-sustainable addition to the skyline of Seoul, South Korea has been completed; the Federation of Korean Industries Headquarters (FKI). The signature…

The Path to Life Cycle Carbon Neutrality in High Rise Buildings
Dec 2017 –
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 6 Number 4; Chris Drew & Natalia Quintanilla, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Across the world, building energy codes are becoming stricter, demanding higher levels of energy performance with each issuance. Some locations have taken initiatives to…

Rethinking CTBUH Height Criteria In the Context of Tall Timber
30 Oct 2017 –
CTBUH Journal, 2017 Issue IV; Robert M. Foster, University of Queensland; Michael H. Ramage, University of Cambridge; Thomas Reynolds, The University of Edinburgh
Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the…

Vertical Shortening Considerations in the 1 km Tall Jeddah Tower
Mar 2017 –
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 6 Number 1; John Peronto, Robert Sinn & Matthew Huizinga, Thornton Tomasetti
Jeddah Tower will be the first man-made structure to reach a kilometer in height upon its completion in 2019. From conception, it was clear that an all-concrete…

Façade Construction in China: Journey to Lean Design
17 Oct 2016 –
Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism; Allan Chung, Gensler; Ivan Mutis, Illinois Institute of Technology
There is a recent trend in the construction industry to implement “lean concepts,” a management strategy based upon the Toyota Production System philosophy. While the…

Megacities: Design Challenges and Responses
17 Oct 2016 –
CTBUH Journal, 2016 Issue IV; Scott Duncan & Philip Enquist, Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP
As this issue and the International Conference are focused on the megacity phenomenon, this edition of Talking Tall features two people who have designed tall buildings,…

A Whole LCA of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings
Jun 2016 –
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 5 Number 2; Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice; Antony Wood, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; Olivier Vassart & Nicoletta Popa, ArcelorMittal
This paper summarizes the results of a two-year-long research project conducted by the CTBUH on the life cycle assessment (LCA) of tall building structural systems. The…

Rags to Riches: How Chicago’s 111 West Wacker Finally Got Built
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; Gary Handel & Stephen Matkovitz
With 25 floors and 40,000 cubic yards of concrete in place, 111 West Wacker stood for nearly 4 years on its prominent Chicago River site as a reminder of the recession…

The Network of Urban Spaces Surrounding Tall Buildings
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; James Parakh, City of Toronto Planning Department
This paper investigates the Network of Urban Spaces Surrounding Tall Buildings, the Tall Building as Place Makers how Tall Buildings meet the street. As contributing…

Urban Open Space - A Tower in the Park and a Park in the Tower
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; James Goettsch, Goettsch Partners
In urban centers dominated by tall buildings, access to outdoor space is important. We will explain how two urban office building developments provide valuable outdoor…

Global Cyclical Resurgence and Clustering of Office Skyscrapers
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; Sofia Dermisi, University of Washington
Skyscraper development has been linked with financial extremes; this paper explores this relationship by analyzing global construction trends for office skyscrapers with…

Chicago – “The” Four Corners
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; Michael F. Kaufman, Goettsch Partners
GP was selected to Renovate or Adapt “The” prime corners of Michigan Avenue on both sides of the Chicago River, all within a two year period. The buildings include The…

It’s Not About the Skyline, It’s About the Base Condition
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; Terri Boake, University of Waterloo
The rapid densification of cities is a fairly recent phenomenon and seems in many cases to be progressing without regard to important already established urban theory…

World’s Highest Observation Decks
Aug 2015 –
CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue III; CTBUH Research
Perhaps no element of a tall building is more closely related to the pure pleasure of standing high in the sky and taking in the view of one’s surroundings than…

Dream Deferred: Unfinished Tall Buildings
Nov 2014 –
CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue IV; CTBUH Research
Without big dreams, there would be no tall buildings. Conceiving, financing, designing, and constructing a skyscraper is no simple feat, even under the best of conditions…

Debating Tall: Is There a Height Threshold For Optimum Sustainability?
28 Jul 2014 –
CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue III; Jason McLennan, International Living Future Institute; Antony Wood, CTBUH
As increased density has become more accepted as necessity, the scale of that density is still under debate. Thus we ask, “Is the threshold for optimum sustainability in…

Skyscrapers and Skylines: New York and Chicago, 1885–2007
Feb 2014 –
CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue I; Jason Barr, Rutgers University
This paper investigates skyscraper competition between New York City and Chicago from 1885 to 2007. Skyscraper rivalry between these cities is part of US historiography,…

The Monadnock Building, Technically Reconsidered
Nov 2013 –
CTBUH Journal, 2013 Issue IV; Thomas Leslie, Iowa State University
Far from being the world’s last and largest “masonry skyscraper,” the Monadnock was a profoundly transitional structural achievement, making important advances in steel…

Creating a Vertical University in an Urban Environment
Feb 2013 –
CTBUH Journal, 2013 Issue I; Christopher Groesbeck, VOA Associates
Multi-function universities in tall buildings are still a rarity, but they are growing more common as institutions look for efficient and cost-effective ways to serve…

Tall Buildings in Future Development of Metropolitan Universities
Sep 2012 –
CTBUH 2012 9th World Congress, Shanghai; Christopher Groesbeck, VOA Associates; Jon DeVries & John McDonald, Roosevelt University; Ron Klemencic, MKA
In the future, the University will need to consider vertical models to co-exist within their urban cores and create a living and working balance. With the rise of…

Debating Tall: A Supertall Future in the US?
27 Jan 2012 –
CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue I; Adrian Smith, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture; Paul Beitler, Beitler Real Estate Services LLC
In 1990, only 11 buildings in the world could be counted as a “supertall” (defined as a building over 300 meters tall), and all but one could be found in the United…

A Future for Tall Building History
Jan 2012 –
CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue I; Raymond Hartshorne & Paul Alessandro, Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture
Looking at Chicago's or New York's skylines, one feature that sets apart the first skyscraper cities from the recent ones is the rich history of tall building…

What Came First?... the Tall Building or the Urban Habitat
Oct 2011 –
CTBUH 2011 Seoul Conference; Robert M. Lau, CTBUH; Jon DeVries & John F. McDonald, Roosevelt University
This paper will examine the question, 'Did the Tall Building produce urban density or did the Urban Habitat of CBDs, with the creation of urban transit/transportation…

The Origin of the Skyscraper
Feb 2011 –
CTBUH Journal, 2011 Issue I; Gerard Peet, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
The modern skyscraper is generally considered to be an American invention. Chicago and New York claim they once hosted the world's first skyscraper and many American…

Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
Dec 2010 –
CTBUH Journal, 2011 Issue I; CTBUH Research
In a year dominated by news coverage of the new “World’s Tallest Building” – Burj Khalifa, Dubai – one may be surprised to learn that, besides being the year in which a…

The High-rise as a Retirement Community
Aug 2010 –
CTBUH Journal, 2010 Issue III; Bridget Lesniak & Robert Neper, Perkins + Will; Donald Hamlin, Thornton Tomasetti
As cities are becoming denser, the functions of high-rises are expanding. In addition, the central business district is no longer the exclusive region of the high-rise…

Historical Evolution of the Service Core
Feb 2010 –
CTBUH Journal, 2010 Issue I; Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice, Italy
The service core is the distinctive feature of a tall building: it provides the skyscraper with structural solidity, room for elevators, and other amenities, and…

Tallest Buildings Completed in 2009
Dec 2009 –
CTBUH Journal, 2010 Issue I; CTBUH Research
Trump International Hotel & Tower named tallest building completed in 2009; Successful year for the American high-rise. Over half of all buildings 200m or taller…

Toward a Better Urban Life: Integration of Cities and Tall Buildings
Jun 2008 –
4th Architectural Conference on High Rise Buildings; Mir M. Ali & Ajla Aksamija, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In the context of a rapidly urbanizing world, architects and planners should aim to create cities that are thriving, vibrant, and healthy. Well-planned cities containing…

The “International” Skyscraper: Observations
Mar 2008 –
CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai; Georges Binder, Buildings & Data SA
While using tall buildings data, the following paper aims to show trends and shifts relating to building use and new locations accomodating high-rise buildings.

Chicago: Building a Green City
Mar 2008 –
CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai; Richard M. Daley & Sadhu Johnston, City of Chicago
Chicago has a tradition of innovation in architecture from balloon-frame houses to steel skyscrapers to today’s green buildings. Chicago was one of the first cities to…

The Race for the Sky: Unbuilt Skyscrapers
Feb 2008 –
CTBUH Journal, 2008 Issue I; Mohamad Kashef, East Carolina University
Unbuilt skyscraper designs are noted by many architecture critics as the best in the genre of tall buildings. This paper provides an exposition of various iconic and “…

The “International” Skyscraper: Observations
Feb 2008 –
CTBUH Journal, 2008 Issue I; Georges Binder, Buildings & Data SA
While using tall buildings data, the following paper aims to show trends and shifts relating to building use and new locations accommodating high-rise buildings. After…

High-rise with Cable Net Facade for the 21st Century!
Oct 2003 –
CTBUH Journal, Spring 2001; Abbas Aminmansour, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
This article offers a synopsis of some of the unique features of the building and offers an insight into the collaboration between team members involved in the design and…

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